Therefore, if the independent claim defines the product by a result to be achieved and the result amounts in essence to the problem underlying the application, that claim must state the essential features necessary to achieve the result claimed (T 809/12, Reasons 2.6-2.9.2), see also F?IV , 4.5.
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Where the invention relates to a product, it may be defined in a claim in various ways, viz. as a chemical product by its chemical formula, as a product of a process (if no clearer definition is possible; see also F?IV , 4.12) or, exceptionally, by its parameters.
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